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American Memory

Frequently Asked Questions

• First collection of the Library
• First sources digitized even before the Internet
• 14 million primary source materials
• Organized by collections, at different times and in different ways
• How many collections are there?

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American Memory Collections are secondary sources of primary source documents. They are created by others but do come from a certain perspective.

Exhibitions

• Contain primary and secondary sources.
• All of these exhibitions have been - at some time, if not currently - on display at the Library.
• Be sure to read the descriptions, as the titles can be misleading.

Congress.gov

Legislative and Law resources.

World Digital Library

myLOC.gov

Misc.

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